Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:07:26 -0800
Reply-To: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
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From: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
Subject: Re: Fryeday Question - Biodiesel
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Anthony,
Ethanol is an okay alternative to regular gas, however, I prefer the
biodiesel alternative. There are quite a few companies currently working on
using algae that contains a high percentage of oil as a source of biodiesel.
The Federal government did a long term study on the possibility of using
biodiesel grown from algae as a replacement to dino oil. Here's a link to a
great article:
http://www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html
Cheers,
Jeff
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Of Anthony Egeln
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 11:45 AM
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Subject: Re: Fryeday Question
I'm told it is quite common to see E10 sold at regular gas stations (10%
ethanol) in the mid-west, and no mods are required for using it. E85 is
another story. I believe that is what the Brazilians run, and that high a
percentage of ethanol requires modifications to the fuel system that don't
seem to be terribly expensive or complicated. The U.S. automakers are now
building flex-fuel cars for sale here that run on either E85 or regular gas.
Most of those are sold in the upper midwest cornbelt where E85 is more
commonly sold. See the websites below for more info. I have a personal
interest in ethanol as a motor fuel...especially since there is work being
done on using certain enzymes to convert the cellulose in plant waste (corn
husks, leaves, grass) to sugars that can be distilled into ethanol (as Pres.
Bush mentioned in his state of the union message). Ethanol technology is
something that is available NOW that can seriously help reduce our
dependence on foreign oil. I'm
debating in my mind now whether or not to convert my van to diesel when the
wasserboxer dies, or stay with gas in hopes that ethanol will become more
available. I should mention that even today, E85 is cheaper that regular
gas where it is sold and it burns much cleaner than petrol as well.
Anthony
'89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
http://www.e85fuel.com/database/search.php
http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/infrastructure/locator.html
http://www.ethanolstill.com/
Neptuno <neptunonc@YAHOO.COM> wrote: Maggie Dew wrote: It's almost
Fryeday, so here goes.
If this has been mentioned before--sorry, I missed it. I just heard a
discussion on the news this evening re BioPerformance Fuel - a pill you drop
in your gas tank for better mileage.
Im sorry I dont have an answer for your question but I do have a related
question and that is Ethanol......can any be dropped in the thank like many
of the Brazilians are doing with their cars or is that because they have
some special adaptation?
EL Tony
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